Arnac-on-Dourdou

See also: Arnac (homonymy)

Arnac-on-Dourdou is a common French of the department of the Aveyron in the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Its inhabitants is called Arnacois and Arnacoises.

Geography

Arnac-on-Dourdou is a small village located at the southern end of the department of the Aveyron, it is crossed by the Dourdou and is located at 600 m of Altitude approximately, in the middle of the Monts of Lacaune.

History

  • Until the Revolution, the parish of Arnac formed integral part of the community of Brusque. Saint-Benoit-in Arnac was then an appendix of the parish Saint-Pierre-of-Cats (current commune of Mélagues).
  • After the Revolution, Arnac belonged to the commune of Mélagues.
  • It is in 1872 that the commune was created of Arnac-on-Dourdou.
  • Today, the village is made up many second home often properties of descendants of former inhabitants of the village.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the GR. 71 passes by the commune.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of Aveyron

  • Regional natural park of the Large Causses

External bonds

  • Geology of Arnac on Dourdou
  • Work of local history consultable in line

  • Arnac-on-Dourdou on the site of the IGN
  • on the site of INSEE
  • on the site of Quid
  • Common closest to Arnac-on-Dourdou
  • localization of Arnac-on-Dourdou on a chart of Aveyron
  • Localization of Arnac-on-Dourdou on MapQuest

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